Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,832, Ebenezer Goodale, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Miss
Goodale, Ebenezer.
S 29.832.
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7134 Massachusetts
Ebenezer Goodale
Salem - in the State of Mass.
He was a private in the Comp y commanded
Captain Flint - of the Reg t commanded
Colo. Francis in the Mass.
for
24 Months. pri
Mass
scribed on the Roll of Mass. the rate of 80 - Dollars - Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
ertificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of August 1834 - and sent to Joseph Waters Esq. Salem Mass.
earns to the 4th of Mar. 1834. $ 240 emi-ant. allowance ending 4 th Sep. " 40 $ 280
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by George Taylor Clerk, Book Vol. 2 Page 30
70 for

31286
Weniger Goodale Salem Mass
Admitted
24 th Jni
Cop. Hmt. Colo. Francis
Joseph G. Waters Esq. Salem Mass

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS: COUNTY OF ESSEX, ss.
On this first day of July A. D. 183 4 personally appeared in open court, before the HONORABLE DANIEL APPLETON WHITE, Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Essex aforesaid, now sitting, Ebenezer Goodale , a resident of Salem , in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts, aged 70 years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth, on his oath, make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832:
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated:
In the month of May A. D. 1775 he enlisted as a private in the Company of Cap. Asa Prince of Danvers, in the Regiment first commanded by Col. Mansfield, & afterwards by Col. Hutchinson. That he then served for eight months, at Winter Hill, and the headquarters of General Washington at Cambridge. In the spring of the year 1777 he enlisted as a private in Cap. Samuel Flint's company in the Regiment commanded by Col. Francis of Beverly. That he then served twenty one months, and during this time he was engaged in the capture of Burgoyne, and several skirmishes. At the capture of Burgoyne, he was wounded in the hip, and on his right foot, and from these wounds, received a lameness from which he still suffers. He also received in the same battle, a musket ball wound in his head.
He also served in several other companies, in the army of the Revolution, but has not been able to obtain any satisfactory testimony in relation to them. The whole amount of service of which he has been able to obtain proof, is the term of eight months in Captain Asa Prince's Company, and the further term of twenty one months in Cap. Samuel Flint's company, making altogether a period of

twenty nine months. For proof of these services he refers to the affidavit of Joseph Putnam with whom he served, in the several campaigns before mentioned. He further states, that he was born in Danvers in the County of Essex, on the ninth day of June 1765, that he has no record of his age - That he lived in Danvers from his birth, till he entered the Army - That since the Revolutionary War, he continued to reside in said Danvers till the year 1833, when he removed to Salem, and has continued to live in said Salem. I received one discharge from Col. Hutchinson but have lost it.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Ebenezer Goodale
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Orion M c
JUDGE OF PROBATE.
I, Larkin Thorndike, a clergyman, residing in Salem aforesaid, do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Ebenezer Goodale who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that I believe him to be 70 years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that I concur in that opinion.
Larkin Thorndike
Subscribed and sworn to before

And the said Court hereby declares its opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that
Joseph Putnam of Salem in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on oath testify that I know that Ebenezer Goodale of Salem aforesaid, served as a private soldier in Cap. Prince's Company, in Col. Hutchinsons Regiment of Massachusetts Troops, from May 1. 1775 to January 1776. I served with him in the same Company, and we have been acquainted with each other, sixty years and more, and till within a few years, I lived in the immediate neighborhood of said Goodale.
I also know, that said Goodale served a campaign in 1777 & 8, and continued out twenty one months, as a private in Cap. Flint's Company in Col. Francis' Regiment of Massachusetts. The said Goodale was wounded at the capture of Burgoyne, and I remember seeing Dr Putnam doctoring him, after the campaign was over. I further testify & say, that the lameness caused by said Goodale's wounds, has continued to this day—
his Joseph F Putnam Mark
Elsie ss. Salem June 12 th 1834 Then the above named Joseph Putnam personally appeared, and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed Before me
Joseph G. Waters Jus Pac.

twenty nine months. For proof of these services he refers to the affidavit of Joseph Putnam with whom he served, in the several campaigns before mentioned. He further states, that
Essex SS. July 26. I Joseph Waters of Salem in the County of Essex, before whom the within named Joseph Putnam's affidavit was made, hereby certify that said Putnam is a credible person, and his statement is entitled to full credit. Joseph Waters Jus Pax
Joseph Putnam

And the said Court hereby declares its opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that who has signed the preceding
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, July 23 rd 1834.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Asa Goodale, as a private, is borne on a Muster-roll of Capt. Asa Prince's company, in Col. Hutchinson's regt. where he is allowed from May 8 th to the 1 st of August 1775. for services and travel three months. m. d. 3 =
Asa Gooddel's name is borne on a pay-roll of Capt. Saml. Flint's company, in Col. Saml. Johnson's regt. where he is allowed from August 25 th to Nov r 30 th 1777. for services and travel three months & nineteen days. 3 =
The roll of Capt. Asa Prince's company after August 1 st 1775. is not found in this Office for 1775. Edward D. Bangs. Secy.
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And the said Court hereby declares its opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that
who has signed the preceding
I Ebenezer Goodale of Salem in the County of Essex Gentleman on oath depose and say - That at the time of my making the declaration, before the probate Court in & for the County of Essex, of my services, as a Soldier of the American Revolution, I omitted to state the fact, of my entering the army, under the name of Asa Goodale - I was called Asa Goodale till the year 1781 or 2 and was then induced by my Grandfather, Ebenezer Goodale to assume his name, and have ever since retained it Ebenezer Goodale
Essex ss July 26. 1834 Then the above named Ebenezer Goodale personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed Before me Joseph Waters Jus Pan [Large decorative flourish at the bottom of the page]

And the said Court hereby declares its opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that
who has signed the preceding
Jonathan Peabody of Salem in the County of Essex laborer on oath depose & say that in the year 1775 I served as a private in the Company of Cap. Asa Prince in Col. Hutchinson's regiment. Asa Goodale now Ebenezer Goodale was likewise a private in the same Company. I was very intimate with said Ebenezer Goodale at that time, and I remember, he acted, as waiter to Cap. Prince. He remained in Cap. Prince's Company, according to the best of my recollection about eight months. Said Ebenezer Goodale is the same man who then had the name of Asa Goodale. He then lived, at Danvers, but now resides in Salem.
Jonathan Peabody
Essex ss. July 26 1834 Then the above named Jonathan Peabody personally appeared and made oath to the above affidavit by him subscribed.
Before me
Joseph G. Waters Jus Pac
Essex ss. July 26. 1834 Joseph Waters afore said before whom the foregoing affidavit was made, hereby certify that the said Peabody is a credible person, and the statement above made by him is entitled to full credit - Joseph G. Waters Jus Pac
Joseph G. Waters

And the said Court hereby declares its opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that who has signed the annexed
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Essex ss. I John Prince. Clerk of all the Courts in & for the County of Essex, hereby certify that Joseph Gwater, before whom the foregoing affidavit of Joseph Putnam was taken, is a justice of the Peace for said County, and that the signature annexed to said certificate is the genuine signature of said Joseph Gwater. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this first day of July A.D. 1834
John Prince Clerk
Wm. Lloyd

And the said Court hereby declares its opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that the said who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the town of and that the said the said who has also signed the same is a Magistrate resident at the town of and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
D. White Jr. of Salem
I, NATHANIEL LORD Junior, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Essex aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ebenezer Goodale for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this first day of July , A. D. 1834.
Nath. Lord Jr.

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
L. W. R.
I.29832.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
Nov. 7, 1898.
Madam:-
Replying to your recent communication you are advised that Ebenezer Goodale made an application for pension on July 1, 1834, at which time he was 70 years of age and residing at Salem, Mass., and his pension was allowed for 2 years' actual service as a private in the Massachusetts troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Flint and Col. Francis. Place of enlistment Danvers, Mass.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mrs. Georgia M. Best,
21 Olinger St.,
Huntington, Ind.

21 Glinger St., Huntington, Ind. Oct. 27, 1898.
Chief of Pension Dept. Washington, D.C. Dear Sir,
Can you fur- nish me the military record of Ebenezer Goodale in the Revolutionary War?
And oblige, Georgia M. Best.

29 832 Rev INVALID.
File No. 29,832 Ebenezer Goodale Rev Rev War
Act: June 1 st 1820. Index:—Vol. 2, Page 158
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Nov. 7/98. Mrs. Georgia M. Best. Huntington, Ind.
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